Why I contemplated suicide – US President Joe Biden

During an interview with radio host Howard Stern on Stern’s SiriusXM show, President Joe Biden revealed that he had considered suicide following the tragic deaths of his first wife and 13-month-old daughter in a car accident.

The incident occurred in Delaware on December 18, 1972.

Joe Biden has spoken openly about his decision to abstain from alcohol, citing a family history of alcoholism as one of his reasons.

Recounting the pains of the past, Biden told Stern: ‘’You don’t have to be crazy to commit suicide if you’ve been to the top of the mountain and you think you’ll never be there again.

“For a brief moment I thought maybe I’ll just go to Delaware Memorial Bridge and just jump, but I had two kids.”

Joe Biden also said after his wife’s death, he used to take out a bottle of scotch and plan to get drunk, but could never make himself do it.

“I don’t drink, that’s not a virtue. I just never drank. And, I used to sit there and think to myself, I’m just gonna take out a bottle of scotch.

“We always had liquor in the house, and I was gonna just drink it and get drunk, and I can never bring myself to do it,” he said.

Also, the US President expressed willingness to debate his Republican rival, Donald Trump, saying: ‘’I am, somewhere, I don’t know when, but I am happy to debate him.”